This week we discuss the Equifax data breach, hacking medical devices and the latest leaked NSA tool UnitedRake.

Topic 1 – Equifax data breach.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2017/09/breach-at-equifax-may-impact-143m-americans/

http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/11/technology/equifax-identity-theft/index.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/equifax-breach-1.4280682

Can we blame someone?   https://drericcole.blogspot.ca/2014/03/cio-vs-cso-allies-or-enemies.html

Defensive steps: https://blog.limawi.io/en/equifax-breach-5-defensive-steps-to-take-now/

Topic 2 – Hacking medical devices

http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/62918/hacking/syringe-infusion-pumps.html

https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/hacking-infusion-pumps.html

https://hbr.org/2017/05/medical-systems-hacks-are-scary-but-medical-device-hacks-could-be-even-worse

Topic 3 – United Rake – another NSA tool…

https://thehackernews.com/2017/09/shadowbrokers-unitedrake-hacking.html

Also noteworthy is shadowbrokers t’s & c’s for the data.. Must be getting alot of demand!